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Tyeb Mehta
(1925 - 2009)

Head



"In the early work, expression was all-important... I was painting from the gut." - TYEB MEHTA



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  Lot 8 of 75  

EVENING SALE | NEW DELHI, LIVE
17 SEPTEMBER 2022

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Winning Bid
Rs 36,00,000
$45,283

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Tyeb Mehta
Head

Signed and dated 'Tyeb 55' (upper right); inscribed and dated 'Head/ 55' (on the reverse)
1955
Charcoal on paper
14 x 10.25 in (35.5 x 26 cm)

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Private Collection, Maharashtra

EXHIBITED
Tyeb Mehta: Triumph of Vision, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 15 January - 18 February 2011

PUBLISHED
Ranjit Hoskote, Ramachandra Gandhi et al., Tyeb Mehta: Ideas Images Exchanges, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2005, p. 241 (illustrated)
Yashodhara Dalmia, Tyeb Mehta: Triumph of Vision, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2011, p. 74 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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